The following are the new and updated features in the fifth edition of Great Writing:
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New unit structure: 1. Elements of Great Writing, 2. Building Better Vocabulary, 3. Building Better Sentences, 4. Writing.
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Updated National Geographic images and content spark students’ imaginations.
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Updated Academic Writing Models encourage students to analyze and use the features of great writing in their own work.
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Expanded Building Better Vocabulary highlights academic words, word associations, collocations, word forms, and vocabulary for writing.
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Expanded Building Better Sentences moves from editing to sentence writing and finishes with sentence combining for more refined writing.
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New guided online writing practice takes students through the writing process.
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New Test Prep section to prepare for high-stakes standardized tests, including IELTS and TOEFL.
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Updated rhetorical modes reflect the needs of writing programs.
